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Re: have got to

The interrogative form present simple of all lexical verbs except BE, and, for a small number of speakers, HAVE, is formed with the auxiliary verb DO.

he works - does he work?

When HAVE is used as a lexical verb, its interrogative is formed with DO for most speakers; a small number of people simply invert subject and verb. The same is true of HAVE TO. When HAVE is used as an auxiliary, the interrogative is always formed with subject-auxiliary inversion:

He has - does he have? / (has he?)
He has to work - does he have to work? / (has he to work?)
He has worked - has he worked?

When HAVE GOT is used in place of HAVE, then the HAVE part of HAVE TO is an auxiliary verb, and the interrogative is formed with subject-auxiliary inversion. The same is true of HAVE GOT TO.